Belger Cartage Service Inc
Safety
Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.
- Registered power units
- 100
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 15
- Annualized
- ≈8 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 22 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 59 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2022 | MO | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 24, 2020 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2020 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2020 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2019 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2019 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2019 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2018 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2018 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2017 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2016 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2016 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2016 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2015 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2015 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2012 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 4, 2012 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 16, 2011 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2010 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 15, 2010 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2009 | OK | 0 | 2 | No |
| Jul 27, 2009 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 27, 2008 | OK | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 20, 2007 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2006 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |